Amazon Studios has announced further casting for The Power, a 10-part global thriller based on the international bestselling novel of the same name, produced by Sister (Chernobyl, Giri/Haji, The Split) for Amazon Studios with Emmy Award-winning executive producer and director Reed Morano (The Handmaid’s Tale). The Power is adapted for screen by writer, creator and […]
Sky original drama Britannia has been recommissioned for a third series on Sky Atlantic and NOW TV. Starring David Morrissey, Mackenzie Crook, Annabel Scholey and Eleanor Worthington-Cox and created by the multi-award-winning writer Jez Butterworth, Tom Butterworth and James Richardson, Britannia brings a moment of our history to life like never seen before on TV. […]
Deloitte’s annual report on football finances says traditional TV money is slowing down but the FAANGs waiting in the wings offer the chance that media revenues could be maintained. “International interest may continue to drive growth
Consumer spending on home entertainment rose 8.4 per cent to a record $25.2 billion (€22.6bn) in 2019, spurred by the at-home sector’s biggest growth engine, digital, according to DEG: The Digital Entertainment Group. Subscription streaming, digital movie sales and digital movie rentals over the Internet all generated significantly more money than they did in 2018. […]
Thousands more new-build homes are in line for a broadband boost as UK digital infrastructure provider Openreach is extending the reach of its scheme offering Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) installation free of charge for new housing developments. Developers building smaller new sites of just 20 or more properties are now eligible to have full fibre connectivity built […]
Vivendi has started a new legal proceeding in the Netherlands seeking, among other things, an injunction to halt the merger between Mediaset España Comunicación, S.A. with Mediaset Investment N.V. Vivendi fears a merger would tighten the grip of the Berlusconi family on the company as it seeks to consolidate all of its European interests. The […]
One of the biggest global studies ever undertaken to explore peoples’ passions reveals that when it comes to favourite pastimes including sports, food, home, motoring and nature & wildlife, people are more likely to turn to TV than any other source for inspiration and information. The global survey involving 13,000 participants, ran across 13 markets […]
A research note from Deutsche Bank in anticipation of the upcoming end-of-year results from SES (due on February 26th) again talk up a merger between SES and its smaller rival Eutelsat. The bank’s media analyst Laurie Davison says he now sees the prospects of a merger between the two satellite operators as “higher” and cautions […]
France Télévisions channels have switched to HD in the overseas territories when they are carried by satellite. Guadeloupe la 1ère, Guyane la 1ère, Martinique la 1ère, Mayotte la 1ère, Polynésie la 1ère, Réunion la 1ère, Saint Pierre et Miquelon la 1ère as well as the group’s national networks have ceased broadcasting in SD on all […]
Thailand’s Thaicom satellite operator is talking to three foreign companies about potential partnership agreements and which would lead to the partner taking care of Thaicom’s ground stations and looking after its data transmission business. Thaicom says the transmission antennas and equipment for converting signals to an internet protocol signal for terrestrial connectivity are already installed. […]